The Executive Board of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) set date for the return of football following the death of Nacional player Juan Izquierdo, after suffering a cardiac arrest in a Copa Libertadores match.
The return of activity in Uruguay will take place three weeks after the last match, which was played by Defensor Sporting and Rampla Juniors, at the Franzini, at the close of the first date of the Clausura Tournament.
The match that Rampla won 2-1 was played on Sunday, August 18.
The second match was scheduled to take place on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th, but was suspended because Izquierdo was hospitalized in critical condition.
The return of football was then rescheduled for August 31 and September 1, and was also postponed because the teams had suspended training affected by what happened with the Nacional defender.
Finally, the Clausura Tournament will return on Saturday, September 7 and the second date will be played during that weekend.
The matches of the second date: Phoenix-Cerro Largo, Racing-Wanderers, Deportivo Maldonado-River Plate, Danubio-Boston River, Miramar Misiones-Peñarol, Rampla Juniors-Progreso, Cerro-Defensor Sporting and Nacional-Liverpool.
All details of the date will be known next week.
The next activity will be for the AUF Uruguay Cup, the Wednesday, September 11when Peñarol visits Piriápolis at the Domingo Burgueño Miguel.
The third date of the Clausura Tournament will be played on the weekend of September 14 and 15.
Football was suspended due to the cardiac arrest suffered by Izquierdo on Thursday, August 22, during the Sao Paulo-Nacional match for the Copa Libertadores.
The player was hospitalized in a critical condition in the intensive care unit in Sao Paulo for five days, and his death was confirmed on Tuesday.
What happened to the Nacional player had an impact on all the teams, which no longer trained normally.
The National team only practiced one day in a week.
This is the standings for the Clausura Tournament:
2024-08-30 20:15:52